Fortunately, I hadn’t let a moment of anger drive me to do something even more excessive and irreparable to Meng Wange.
Su Wanli patted her chest, letting out a long, internal sigh of relief.
So it wasn’t my actions from yesterday that caused Meng Wange’s impression of me to worsen. On the contrary—it was precisely because her favorability rose too quickly that it led to her seemingly distracted behavior this morning.
That’s good, that’s good…
I’ll ask the system again later to see exactly what Meng Wange’s Aversion Level towards me is. If it still says “seventy” right off the bat, that will completely prove it’s just making things up.
Before that, I should go have lunch with Meng Wange in the cafeteria!
I wonder which actions from yesterday boosted her favorability the most… Should I start with hand-feeding her again?
This time, I’ll use the excuse of “having her taste-test for me”…
However, before Su Wanli could even step out of the classroom, the system’s voice rang out in her ear on its own—
[Congratulations, Host. You have successfully completed today’s Villainess Tasks One, Two, and Three.]
[Through a series of coherent action plans, you have completed today’s Villainess Roleplay in just one morning. The rest of the day is now your free time. Please proceed with your roleplay actions freely while keeping your character’s persona in mind.]
Phew, what a relief. I knew the system’s judgment shouldn’t be that strict. This really worked…
…Wait, not just Task Two? Tasks One, Two, and Three are all completed?
One was carving words on Meng Wange’s desk. Two was creating a sense of crisis in her heart. Three was—
Before school ended, making Meng Wange publicly swear loyalty to me repeatedly in front of all the students, firmly branding her with the “Personal Maid” label…
Huh? Did what Meng Wange just said already count?
But the term “Personal Maid” only appeared once in that entire conversation…
…No, more importantly, wasn’t the requirement for the third task “in front of all the students”?
A faint sense of crisis sprouted in Su Wanli’s heart. She blinked and turned to look out the window of San Ban.
It was fine when I didn’t look closely before, but now, looking carefully…
A lot of people are hiding at the edges of the windows, all staring right at where Meng Wange and I are standing!?
“Wow, did you hear that? Meng Wange just said Su Wanli is ‘gentle, kind, and tolerant’! And she even said she wants to receive her special favor. So direct, so bold!”
“Mhm, mhm! And Su Wanli’s line, ‘I naturally wouldn’t mind you staying by my side either’—it’s so full of story! What happened before? Does anyone know?”
“I know, I know! At the Bai family’s evening banquet, Su Wanli was almost bullied by Bai Hewei. Luckily, Meng Wange arrived just in time and slapped him across the face, settling everything right then and there! It was literally a hero saving the beauty. My heart melted…”
“Really? Tell me more… Oh, they’re done talking!”
“Oh no, I made eye contact with Su Wanli!?”
“Hurry, hurry, let’s go! Why are you pushing me!?”
“Don’t blame me, the slow ones get caught by Su Wanli first—”
…
Watching as nearly half the class suddenly spilled out into the hallway, Su Wanli reached out a hand as if to grab them, but could only end up weakly holding her forehead.
These people… they can’t even be bothered to go eat, and instead hide here watching the show!?
Meanwhile, at the top floor of the magnificent Su Group Tower in the city center of South City.
A middle-aged man with a square-jawed face stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the vast Baiying Academy in the distance. His expression was grave as he listened to the report from behind him, his fingertips lightly tapping the desk twice.
“…Is that really all?”
“Yes, Mr. Su, we’ve checked. Since arriving at the Su family, Miss Meng Wange has consistently followed your instructions, simply accompanying Miss Su without any particularly notable actions.”
“On the contrary, aside from sleeping at night, she has almost always been within Miss Su’s line of sight, with no personal time of her own to speak of. According to Zhang Ma, even though she wakes up nearly two hours earlier than Miss Su every day, she only uses that time to prepare breakfast for Miss Su and help the other maids with some simple cleaning tasks. In my view, there is nothing suspicious about her at all.”
“…Alright, I understand. In that case, the surveillance on Meng Wange can be relaxed a little.”
Su Heng nodded and gave a slight wave of his hand to the butler before him.
“But don’t withdraw too much at once. That child is very perceptive. Don’t let her sense that we suspect her.”
“Yes, sir.”
The butler responded crisply, gave a slight bow, and then withdrew from the office.
Only Su Heng remained in the room.
He slowly leaned back in his chair, gently massaging his temples with his knuckles.
…Sigh.
Even though Butler Zhang expressed a high level of trust in Meng Wange, the doubts in Su Heng’s heart didn’t diminish in the slightest.
…Not a single suspicious point?
For someone like Meng Wange, that in itself is the strangest thing.
A child who dared to sneak out of the orphanage to gather intelligence before she was even ten, who could remain neither subservient nor arrogant even when facing him, and who even had the audacity to claim she was “more outstanding than anyone else”—
How could such an ambitious person, having finally arrived at the Su family, be content with merely being a small assistant by Su Wanli’s side?
Of course, if she said she was only doing this to repay the kindness of his sponsorship, that would be plausible.
But…
Driven by a merchant’s intuition, Su Heng felt something was off.
To be honest, compared to her current appearance of having no desires or demands, he would actually prefer to see her show some planning for the future, or use the Su family’s resources to pave her own way.
Yet—
Even at that star-studded evening banquet, Meng Wange showed no sign of such intentions. In fact, her act of publicly forcing Bai Hewei to kneel made her enemies with quite a few noble families.
Unless she remains attached to the Su family, her path to development in South City is destined to be extremely rough.
Such a reckless, worldly-ignorant action… was she really just doing it to show her loyalty to him?
Perhaps he really is overthinking it.
After so many years of navigating the business world, he had long developed the habit of not trusting anyone easily.
But Meng Wange… she is, after all, a child he has raised from a young age.
After hesitating for a moment, Su Heng still picked up his phone and dialed a number leading to the Northern Region.
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